I was wondering how long it was going to be before we had an official piece of mail about our dear Mr. Vincent Turner (aka Vincent Frank, aka Frankmusik )... I was trying to avoid posting anything on my own because I recognize the preferential treatment he gets on this blog lol.. ...so I was thrilled to see this message from British musical institution Ninja Tune about an unreleased King Cannibal remix of Frankmusik's classic "3 Little Words"! I was surprised to see this [...]
The second installment of A Retrospective, in which I recap my favorite albums released from 2000 to 2008, this time: 2001. Wrought with turmoil and watching a life fall apart as so many others were having similar experiences but in a different manner; that was 2001 for you. The year I turned 21 (hence the wine bottle photo above). A year that lives in infamy. Young or old, we all seemed to grow up that year. Music, too seemed to progress in ways unthought, even before that fateful day. [...]
I'm feeling a little bit better today. In case you're not my friend on Facebook or you don't follow me on Twitter, I became ill yesterday morning and spent the next several hours in bed. I vomited for the first time since 1999! Then I went to the gym and ran three miles, just to see if I could. I didn't throw up again, which I kind of expected because the puke was not the result of any pathogen or sickness. It wasn't a hangover; it was something else. Anyway, I wasn't feeling well enough to blog so I didn't. [...]
TUNE IN Today For A Flock Of Seagulls, Hockey, The Joy Formidable, The Rumble Strips, Hot Chip, Then Jerico, Babyshambles, The Mezzanine Owls, The Milwaukees, Nouvelle Vague, Franz Ferdinand, The Damnwells, The Limousines, That Petrol Emotion, The Jam, Electrelane and 110 more!
TUNE IN Today For Elizabeth And The Catapult, Devo, Guadalcanal Diary, Them Youth, Miike Snow, Simian Mobile Disco, The Damnwells, Johnny Foreigner, MPHO, Chin Up Chin Up, Electrelane, Pendulum, Minus Five, Delphic, The Golden Filter, Hockey and 110 more!
I don't know what it is about cold, wet, Autumn days, but I get very inspired to make mixes. It's suppose to snow this Saturday. Saturday is game 3 of the NLDS at Coors Field, where the Rockies face the Phillies. Does it make me less of a fan for not wanting to endure the elements to support the team? I just assume enjoy the game from the warm confines of the bar around the corner on Blake Street where my beers don't' cost $10. Desert Song-Edward Sharpe & The [...]
yep, i stole this from sara from her post over here . don't want to listen to them streaming ? download the tracks here : brian eno // the big ship blur // sweet song electrelane // saturday hidden cameras // a miracle fucked up // looking for god lightning dust // antonia jane magnetic fields // i don't want to get over you [...]
TUNE IN Today For Electrelane, The Big Pink, Florence & The Machine, Bad Lieutenant, Clem Snide, Your Twenties, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, O Children, The Von Bondies, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Ratchets, Anya Marina, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and 113 more!
Piccoli rumori senza importanza Ray Rumours è il progetto solista di Ros Murray, già bassista delle Electrelane, ed è qualcosa di più di un semplice anagramma. Queste piccole canzoni folk-pop, suonate con strumenti acustici per sfiorare con maggiore cura ciò di cui parlano, sono come la calma e il tempo che ci metti ad apparecchiare la tavola per l'ora del tè quando viene a trovarti qualcuno di speciale. E quando questa persona arriva, e l'ora del tè passa e così anche quella della cena, [...]
El mismo ¿Aeroplane? No gracias, BombJack. Un servidor se pone a escuchar todo el trabajo de BombJack . El oído poco a poco va poniendo más atención a lo que escucha. Primero viene NYC, acaba y dices: "¿pero qué buen rollito, no? No puede dejar pasar las vocales, ni tampoco la preciosa melodia que se funde con los ecos atemporales, aún menos el bajo. Primera toma de contacto y esto pinta bien. A continuación la cosa se pone más seria. Lo que escucho debería venir sellado por Valerie pero no, viene de nuestra [...]
It's only been a few days and I've already found another reason to blog about Neon Indian . This time around, he's remixed the opening track of Au Revoir Simone 's excellent Still Night, Still Light , which came out earlier this year. All of the Electrelane -with-keyboards-and-a-drum-mac hine elements that make up Au Revoir Simone still come through in the remix, though Neon Indian ups the tempo and infuses his lo-fi 80s synths, transforming the somber track into a dance hit. Hear the remix and the original down below. Now excuse me [...]
pic: Steven You know how when you haven't seen someone for a while, and then when you finally see them again it's kinda awkward? You're not really sure what to say at first, and there's so much catching up to do you don't even know where to begin? Well, it feels a bit like that right now. Things have been rather quiet (rather an understatement) on the unarmed letters front lately. Reason for this is a rather extensive trip across Europe by both [...]
Comenzamos nuevo mes, y lo hacemos con un grupo ciertamente interesante, Gospel Gossip, trío de Minnesota formado por Sarah Nienaber (guitarra y voz), Justin Plank (bajo) y Olli Moltaji (batería). Entre sus influencias se encuentran bandas como Galaxie 500, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Electrelane o The Velvet Underground. Realizan una música de ritmos contundentes y sonidos saturados cercanos al shoegaze, pero sin dejar de lado las melodías, resultando sus canciones tremendamente adictivas. Comenzaron su andadura en el año 2006, publicando un Ep llamado Milkshake, tras lo que fichan por el sello Guilt Ridden Pop , con [...]
tada tátà is a special musical proiect from Sweden, more exactly from Umeå/Falun. They represent a set of electro pop and folk, with songs mostly played on guitars and Ukulele. Listen to it and you'll notice that it's like music for toys. I know, it sounds a bit childish and blurry - it's probably just their toy piano and glockenspiel toying with my mind. They sound in fact very great and their lyrics and use of instruments make a very infectious and melodious indie pop sound. Take a look over on their [...]
Some might argue Joy Division 's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is one of the best modern rock songs of all-time. But whatever critics and fans might think, it's undeniably made an impact on post-1980s bands. The single debuted in 1979 during Joy Division's live shows, then was properly released before Ian Curtis' death in 1980. Everyone from Fall Out Boy to U2 has covered the song, including the reformed New Order, who waited 18 years after Curtis' death to "cover" it live. The following are a few different takes on the song, but all of them [...]
As always, there's an eight-hour pile of tracks for you today. Here's how it breaks down: - Six songs get repeated in that eight hours, so it's four hours between plays for those six songs. They're the ones in " The Grinder ", in case you're wondering what I mean by that when I say it on the FM Showcase (which, by the way, is on 90.5 The Night tonight at 10pm .) - The rest of the songs are set up so [...]
Nels Cline @ Central Park Summerstage on Saturday ( more by Paul Bachmann ) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Steely Dan @ Beacon Theatre * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Frankie Negron @ Red Hook Park * Craig Wedren w/ ACME @ Joe's Pub * Kath Bloom, Little Wings @ Zebulon * Los Campesinos!, Girls @ Webster Hall [...]
Hello Everyone, Myself [ Mia Clarke of the indefinitely-on-hiatus band Electrelane ] and Sara Jaffe (formerly of Erase Errata ) have co-edited a book called The Art of Touring . The book features artwork, photography and writing reflecting life on the road, plus a DVD of live footage. Contributors include Sonic Youth , Yeah Yeah Yeahs , Devendra Banhart , Electrelane , the Ex , Le Tigre , Explosions in the Sky , Jem Cohen [...]
Tomorrow morning, WAYYY TOO EARLY, I will be on a plane leaving for San Jose, Costa Rica. I'm going to visit my friend Annie, who has been stewarding this house for the summer. I've never been to Costa Rica. In fact, I've never been anywhere in Latin America, so I'm totally excited! I'm overdue for an international jaunt. There's some good news and some bad news to this. The good news: today we are going to listen to DIONNE WARWICK singing a song written expressly for her by BURT BACHARACH. The [...]
Sometimes, it would be nice if musicians would just stick to the music and leave the rest to the professionals. Clothing lines, perfumes, and memoirs really don't figure into my qualifiers on what makes a good music career. However, in recent years, there's been an incredible outpouring of artistic collaborations wherein artists are beginning to jump the borders between visual art, music, writing and other creative endeavors. Such is the situation with the recently released book, The Art of Touring . Here, we see a case where only a pack of seasoned musicians [...]
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Vampire Weekend - Cousins
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
remixed: the beach boys, lady gaga, duck sauce, ellie goulding, shakira, la roux, madonna, & more!!!
